Brace yourselves, mass chargeback is coming.

Battlefield 1 General Discussion
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In case you haven’t checked facebook/twitter in the past few hours, let me fill you in.

People have been pre-ordering BF1 (myself included), and have patiently waited for the Beta to determine if BF1 was truly worth it. Its obvious at this point its not worth the time I spent pre-ordering it, let alone my $80. Early this morning a facebook group popped up, and in the hours following the beta release nearly 78,000 people said they are going to chargeback their pre-order, seeing as how the game is utter rubbish and does not cater to Battlefield fans. at all. (thats over 6.2 million dollars about to come flying out of EA’s pocket). (EA’s budget for BF1 was only 100 million. So this is gonna get ugly fast)

This all happened at like 3 in the morning CST.

The creator of the group was threatened by EA with legal action if he did not take it down. I was also advised by a moderator not to post the screenshot as my post would get removed and I “could face legal action”.

Indeed Reddit, twitter, and facebook have been wiped clean of any mention of the group or poll, and my reddit account was banned from the BF1 and BF4 subs when I shared a screenshot of EA’s message to the Facebook group creator.

I can see a ton of people resending their pre-orders now that they can get a general feel for what the game will be like. It is nothing what we hoped it would be and addresses none of the issues we had with BF4.

78,000 people in like 2 hours. (at 3 in the morning). Imagine how much of a clusterf*** this is gonna be.

Personally I can’t stand the game. Don’t get me wrong I have had some fun times playing the beta today, and graphics are nice etc. However its obvious battlefield is no longer what it used to be, or what it promises to be.

What do you think about all this? Are you requesting a refund? Can EA pull its head out of its greedy and fix this? Let me know

P.S I know what a Beta is, but don’t kid yourselves almost all Betas are near exact copies of the release version

P.P.S if your gonna throw a tantrum in chat or rage don’t bother. I want to hear if people are truly charging their pre-orders back and why they are doing it. If you cannot contribute in a positive manner an be a professional then “look but don’t touch”.

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i just don’t understand why people preorder after a trailer. :slight_smile:

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wow if all that is legit then holy fire lol…im half an half right now it seems bland but then it is only one map and a few guns so i hold out hope the actual game has a ton more depth…still i aint pre-ordering no chance

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Map design sucks, horses are gimmicks, everything is either a rambo-in-a-bullet or granny’s nerf gun. EA is run by greedy idiots. I can’t decide if DICE is just that bad, or if EA is so far up DICE’s that they cannot make a good game. Either way lets pray for something new.

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I already got a simple $10 in the pot for my copy. Let these x amount of people charge back, makes no difference as I’m still getting my copy.

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If it remains like this (VERY likely) I will not be purchasing this battlefield game for the first time since the series launched with 1942.

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In this day and age, games are released with a myriad of bugs / glitches / poor balance performance design choices or mechanics you name it.

Lol I admire the faith of those that pre-order.

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True It won’t effect EA. I hope it kills Battlefield. EA/DICE does not deserve to produce anything under the name anymore. Its pathetic.

Me too. (me neither)

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Bugs or not, we can tell where this going.

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Hopefully they let’s try the alpha map. I’ve never enjoyed desert maps in BF games. It’s not all bad, has some positives. My main concern is conquest, how the guns feel.

While conquest wouldn’t be that difficult to change. I don’t believe they have enough time to change the gun mechanics.

I’m enjoying Rush though, feels more akin to the old BF games. It’s a 50/50 for me now, having most fun with the snipers. The campaign could be awesome, with the WWI theme.

I’d never pre-order a game, without testing it first, always wait until two/three days before release to pre-order.

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I agree I should never have pre-ordered.

I kind of enjoyed rush, but the snipers killed it for me. The rush maps had a chance to be awesome, close quarters, absolute mayhem. Instead I sit behind a rock and pray not to get shot by a sniper. BF1 is like BF4 post-mortam.

Not hating on snipers, snipers can be fun to play. But the game has no balance. Like I said its either rambo-in-a-can or granny’s nerf gun.

If BF1 was campaign only and cost $20, that would be fun.

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I am sifting through the forums and reddit, and its almost depressing. It is depressing. The game is rubbish, its nothing we had hoped for. Really none of the games this year are that good, everything is just a re-make. And who the hell let EA produce games in the first place? I wouldn’t trust them to wash my shoes.

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I pre ordered as I really thought it wouldn’t be this bad. Can you get refunds?

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LOL yes you can. Calling you bank is easiest. After the Facebook thing EA is reluctant if not refusing to issue refunds. TBH my agent plays games too and he said I never should have pre-ordered it. If your banker is telling you not to buy a game, it must be pretty bad.

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Holy stop with your QQ kid, just because you don’t like it does not mean it’s .

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you shouldn’t preorder any game…just sayin. i don’t get all that hate for b1 but it’s entertaining,cause it is exactly like i expected it. hopefully it will lead to something good(old conquest system and no timelimit). the game itself is fun.

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Yeah it may be fun, but not in the way it should be. I play battlefield to play battlefield. If I wanted casual score-oriented gaming I would play CoD or battlefront

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inb4ban

yeah I’m utterly disappointed in the beta. I can’t believe I fell for the same thing 3 time’s in a row. First Battlefield 4, then Hardline and now this. It’s a good thing I learned my lesson about preordering back when Hardline came out, but it looks like I still need to learn a lesson in over hyping a game.

Lesson Learned

Video: Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype (Official Music Video)
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You think the game is bad and its not what you expected and that’s fine but why are you trying to persuede others to feel the way you do? I feel like its money well spent and can’t wait for the release.

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“Yeah it may be fun, but not in the way it should be.” Wat.